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ESSO International Tankers 1910-1919
Standard - (1915-1949)
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In her early days "Standard" was outstanding as one of the world`s largest tankers.
Name:
Standard
Class:
-
IMO No.:
-
Ex:
Jupiter
Cubic:
18.621
Built:
1914
Type
Tanker
Draft:
8.97
Status:
12 april 1944, turned over to War Emergency Tankers, Inc.
SubType:
Crude/Product
LOA:
164.29/160.02
Flag:
USA
DWT:
18.075
Beam:
20.88
Builder:
Howaltswerke A.G., Kiel-Neumuhlen
GT:
10.073
Depth:
10.54
Owner:
Standard Oil Co. New Jersey
NT:
-
Speed/Cons:
10.0/-
Engine type:
Quadruple Expansion Engine 3500 IHP
No sisterships.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
JUPITER - 1914     GE     1Q (aft)     (10½)
10,073 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg      524.1 x 68.7
Tanker build by Howaldtswerke, Kiel     (3)     #582
Arrived Cape Henry, Va., 10 Aug 1914, voy. Hamburg - New York, subsequently transferred to U.S. flag
1915 - STANDARD,  Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne     USA      213154
1927 - Standard Shipping Co., Wilmington, Del.
1935 - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del.
1939 - Panama Transport Co., Panama       PA
1949 - American European Tanker Co., Inc., Panama  [G. M. Barbagelata, Genoa]
Broken up at La Spezia, 4th quarter 1954.